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Death (001-025)

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A good life has a good death. — English
A funeral offers the opportunity for reconciliation. — Kenyan
A man on his death bed tells no lies. — African (Swahili)
A mouse with but one hole easily meets its death. — African (Ovambo)
A living body is a dying body. — Japanese
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A fly does not mind dying in coconut cream. — African (Swahili)
A debt of gold we can repay, kindness indebts till our dying day. — Malaysian
A deaf ear is followed by death and an ear that listens is followed by blessings. — Kenyan
A tyrant's breath is another's death. — English
A wolf may grow old and his hair turn gray, but his mind doesn't change to his dying day. — Greek
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A dry cough is the trumpeter of death. — English
Advice after the mischief is like medicine after death. — Danish
After death one becomes important. — Yiddish
After death the doctor. — French
All evils, save death, may be amended. — Greek
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Always being in a hurry does not prevent death, neither does going slowly prevent living. — African (Ibo)
Any death is easier than death by the sword. — Irish
At birth we bring nothing, at death we take away nothing. — Chinese
Being thin is not death. — African (Hausa)
Better death than long sickness. — Welsh
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Better die ten years earlier than live those years in poverty. — Chinese
Better die than turn your back on propriety. — Chinese
Better to be swallowed whole by a crocodile, than nibbled to death by tiny fishes. — Malaysian
Better die than turn your back on reason. — Chinese
Birth is the remedy for death. — African (Hausa)
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